Tie-holder.



No. 868,742. PATENTED OCT. 22, 1907. F. E. WIGKING.

TIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1908.

, r awoefnto'a amine/gum $1 1 m FRANK E. WIOKING, OF PUEBLO, COLORADO.

TIE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed April 27,1906. $erial No- 314,003.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. WICKING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pueblo, Pueblo county, State of Colorado, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tie-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps and consists of a clasp adaptedespecially for necktie shields, but capable of use for other purposes,in which four flexible tongues are symmetrically arranged so as toreceive between them at either side a shank or other part to be clasped,and so as to confine the same with a yielding pressure between all thetongues at the center of the clasp, as fully set forth hereinafter, andas illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which,.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved clasp; Fig. 2 a view illustratingthe manner in which the wire is bent to form the clasp; Fig. 3 is a sideview of the clasp; and Fig. 4 an end view.

The article is made of any suitable material preferably of wire ofsullicient stiffness to afford the desired elasticity, and is so shapedas to form four independently yieldable tongues a, a symmetricallyarranged as illustrated in Fig. 1, and standing upward from the articleA to which they are attached, as, for instance, the shield of a necktie.These tongues are symmetrically arranged iorming practically an upperand lower pair, and the side portions of each pair at the top have bends2, 2, or diverge outwardly, so as to facilitate the entrance betweensaid pair of the shank of the stud, the tongues readily springing apartas the shank is forced between them. The inner opposing portions 3 ofall the tongues at the lop are curved or diverge so as to form anintermediate socket for the reception of the said shank, and if thelatter is large or irregular in shape all of the tongues may springapart so as to permit its entrance into the socket and hold it in place.

The inner vertical or side portions 4, 4, of the tongues posing areprolonged so as to form fingers 5, 6, so that they may be extendedthrough the field or other article, and then bent to secure the clasp inplace upon the shield. Thus as shown in Fig. 2, the article may beformed of a continuous strip of wire, the two ends 6, 6, of which arebrought together and soldered or twisted, and then separated forming thetongues a, the outer side portions of which extend downward and areconnected by cross'pieces 7, while the connecting portion between thetwo side tongues is extended and bent on itself to form the finger 5.The fingers 5 and 6 after being passed through the shield A are bent, asindicated in dotted lines, Fig. 2 and in Figs. 3 and 4, so as to holdthe clasp in place, the cross-pieces 7 forming a firm rest so thatpractically the shield A is clamped between the cross-pieces 7 and thetongues 5, 6.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction shown, I claim:

1. A clasp consisting of wire bent to form four symmetrically arrangedindependently yieldable tongues providing an intermediate socket, theside portions of the optongues diverging outwardly to afford readyentrance to the socket from either side of the clasp.

2. A clasp consisting of wire bent to form four symmetrically arrangedloops or tongues, the inner side pieces of each pair of tonguesprolonged to form securing fingers, and the outer side portions of thetongues connected by cross pieces adapted to rest on the article towhich the clasp is attached.

3. A clasp having four symmetrically arranged independently yieldabletongues, the outer portions of the opposing tongues at each side beingcurved outwardly to atford a ready entrance for the shank of a stud andthe inner portions of all the tongues at the top diverging to form asocket for said shank.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

" FRANK E. \VICKING.

Witnesses J. CHAS. Tour, Loyn HINKLE.

